Example sentences of "that [prep] [det] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , I leave entirely on one side the question why on earth the present ratio between profits and incomes generally is so supremely right that for all time it ought to be preserved , or at any rate allowed only to diminish , regardless of anything else that happens , such as the growth of savings and accumulation of capital . |
| 2 | He supposed that for some reason they became rarer in thin fibres and almost non-existent in the very thinnest fibres , perhaps because there was simply no room for them . |
| 3 | Also I could hear irony in his tone and I thought that for some reason he was very annoyed indeed . |
| 4 | For example , suppose that for some reason you wish to remember a long list of dissociated objects such as aeroplane , alarm clock , carrot , television , etc . |
| 5 | The other is that for some reason you 've been too scared to let anyone close enough . ’ |
| 6 | She knew that for some reason it was important for Jasper to have it from her . |
| 7 | I weighed in by saying that for some reason it no longer appeared in the Radcliffe Camera , as I gathered the library had ceased to subscribe to it . |
| 8 | ‘ So her father must have been a canon , ’ said Mark , though he felt that for some reason it was the canon 's widow who cut more ice here . |
| 9 | Does the right hon. Gentleman realise that since the beginning of the recession unemployment in Wales has increased by more than 38,000 , and that during that period he has brought forward not one new policy to help the economy ? |
| 10 | He stated that during this period he was interrogated and beaten on a daily basis . |
| 11 | When he was told of a young man who wished to become a poet , Eliot replied , " He 's getting ready for a sad life " , and Ronald Duncan said that during this period he looked " miserable and unwell " and " began to affect many signs of premature old age " . |
| 12 | What happened was that after each death she would go through a process of remembering the scenes of illness and death . |
| 13 | ‘ I just hope that after that build-up I 've lived up to my reputation ! ’ |
| 14 | I 'm sure that after this weekend you will have no problem in breaking all Lucas Sales 's previous records on this contract . |
| 15 | He believed that with such experience she would not have resisted the orders of her assailant . |
| 16 | Richmann seethed at Henri 's arrogance , and consoled himself that with any luck he would n't have to stand for the superstitious fool 's whims for much longer Drawing a gun from a shoulder holster , he prepared to fight his way through the streets if necessary ; it would be nothing compared to what was to come , he thought . |
| 17 | I asked our education correspondent , Mike Baker , to list some of the topics he felt that with more space they could cover properly . |
| 18 | Does he realise that the islanders have run the ferry for many years and that until this year they received not a penny of subsidy , unlike the Scottish ferries ? |
| 19 | Your ruler , Mercury , turns retrograde on the 11th which means that from this point you must be prepared to sit certain situations out and not to expect an immediate response from people . |
| 20 | Striped shirt tapped a gold pencil thoughtfully against his teeth and said that of course one had every respect for someone wishing to take such a stand and that in that case we must see what could be done with the portfolio as it was . |
| 21 | What had the members seen for their entrance fees and contributions when it could be shown that in that year they received some £pound9,000 in benefit while over £pound32,000 went into the management of the union ? |
| 22 | Reed Children 's Books and Books for Students , the Warwick-based school and library supplier , have just announced that in that capacity she will be a judge for a new competition for primary school children — the first prize being a week 's holiday for a whole class at children 's author Michael Morpurgo 's farm in Devon . |
| 23 | It estimates that in that time it cut its carbon dioxide emissions by more than 20 per cent . |
| 24 | On the other hand , the mere fact that in that time she has overtaken it most one of some 20 countries that outranked her in per capita terms is enough to establish that her record is less than spectacular . |
| 25 | I appreciate that in that respect I was drifting out of order . |
| 26 | I draw the attention of the House and of Ministers to the fact that in that context it seems to make no sense whatsoever that one regulatory authority responsible for safety — the maritime inspectorate — should still remain within the Department of Transport . |
| 27 | He cut into her thoughts with a question about the ball and she repeated her earlier assurance that she 'd had a successful evening , adding that in all conscience she ought to have been driving back to London to work on some of the stories . |
| 28 | Essentially , everything is much the same as in the classical template except that in all probability it will be pretty well apparent to the reader quite soon who it is who has committed the murder . |
| 29 | The temptation to equate the two positions relies apparently on two things : on the fact that in each case we have an adjective and a noun or noun phrase , and on the supposition that attributive adjectives and predicative adjectives all share the referential locus of the head noun to which they are related . |
| 30 | We found that in each case it was necessary to think of three dimensions . |